Plasma natriuretic peptide levels in fetuses with congenital heart defect and/or arrhythmia.

Takekazu MiyoshiT UmekawaH HosodaT AsadaA FujiwaraK I KurosakiI ShiraishiM NakaiK NishimuraM MiyazatoK KangawaT IkedaJ YoshimatsuN Minamino

Published in: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2018)

Plasma NP levels in fetuses with CHD and/or arrhythmia are correlated with the severity of fetal heart failure. Elevated NP levels are attributed mainly to an increase in central venous pressure secondary to arrhythmia or atrioventricular valve regurgitation due to CHD, rather than to the morphological abnormality itself. Copyright © 2017 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keyphrases

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